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<h1>About sections in documents</h1>
<p>The Layout Area of the Document Editor displays all the document's sections. 
 All document sections are described below, with an explanation of where 
 they print and the type of information you may typically put in them.</p>
<p>The sections of a document include the following:</p>
<h3>Page Header</h3>
<p>The Page Header section and the controls within it print at the top 
 of every page in the document. Any data fields placed in the Page Header 
 are calculated once for the entire document, and then repeated on every 
 page. You may want to include the types of controls that will not change 
 from page to page, such as a logo, the document title, execution time, 
 and so on, in the page header. For information about these auto text fields, 
 see 
<a HREF="Add_auto_text_codes.htm">Adding auto text codes to documents</a>.</p>
<h3>Document Header</h3>
<p>This section prints once at the beginning of the document immediately 
 below the Page Header section. Any data fields placed in the Document 
 Header are calculated using all of the data in the document.</p>
<h3>Grouping headers</h3>
<p>If the document is grouped, the Grouping headers follow the Document 
 Header. For each field in the Grouping panel at the top of the editor, 
 you will have a corresponding header and footer surrounding the Detail 
 sections. For example, if you have Region and Year in the Grouping panel, 
 the layout area of the document has a pair of Region Header/Footer and 
 a pair of Year Header/Footer sections.</p>
<p>For the attribute that is farthest to the left in the Grouping panel, 
 its corresponding header follows the Document Header section. The rightmost 
 attribute grouping header immediately precedes the detail Header. All 
 other headers for attributes in the Groupings panel fall in between.</p>
<h3>Detail Header</h3>
<p>This section immediately precedes the Detail section of the document. 
 If the document is not grouped, the Detail Header follows the Document 
 Header, otherwise it follows the Grouping headers. In the Detail header, 
 you can place the column headers above their corresponding data fields 
 in the Detail section. To have the column headers repeat on each page, 
 select the section and then enable Repeat on Each Page.</p>
<h3>Detail</h3>
<p>This is often the main content of the document. One row prints for each 
 row of data in the document's dataset. Typically, this is where you place 
 most of the attributes and metrics. The Detail section provides the most 
 detailed or granular information. You do not always need to use the Detail 
 section of a document. You can place controls in the Grouping Header, 
 for example, to aggregate data to a higher level.</p>
<h3>Detail Footer</h3>
<p>Controls in this section print immediately following the Details section. 
 This is typically a good place for totals.</p>
<h3>Grouping footers</h3>
<p>Grouping footers are used to display totals at the group level. The 
 Grouping sections vary depending on the fields in the Grouping panel. 
 For more information, see the <span style="font-style: italic;"><I>MicroStrategy 
 Document Creation Guide</I></span>.</p>
<h3>Document Footer</h3>
<p>The Document Footer prints only once at the end of the document. It 
 can be used to display closing notes, a conclusion, or a summary.</p>
<h3>Page Footer</h3>
<p>The Page Footer prints at the bottom of every page in the document. 
 You may want to insert the page numbers or the date/time in this section.</p>
<h2>To select a section</h2>
<ol type="1" class="whs1">
	
<li class=p><p>Open the document in <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Design 
 </B></span>or <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Editable Mode</B></span>.</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Do one of the following:</p></li>
</ol>
<ul type="disc" class="whs2">
	<ul type="disc" class="whs2">
		
<li class=p><p>Click the bar containing the section's name.</p></li>
		
<li class=p><p>Click in any blank area of the section, that is, 
 do not click a control.</p></li>
	</ul>
</ul>
<h2>To expand or collapse a section</h2>
<p>Click the plus sign or minus sign next to it. Collapsing a section does 
 not affect its size or whether controls in it appear or are hidden when 
 the document is viewed as a PDF. It simply conserves space within the 
 editor.</p>
<h3>Related topics</h3>
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<li class=p><p>
<a HREF="Hiding_and_displaying_sections.htm">Hiding 
 and displaying sections</a></p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>
<a HREF="Changing_the_size_of_sections.htm">Changing 
 the size of sections</a></p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>
<a HREF="Controlling_horizontal_overflow.htm">Controlling 
 horizontal overflow</a></p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>
<a HREF="Repeat_info_horizontally.htm">Repeating information 
 horizontally</a></p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>
<a HREF="Keeping_section_contents_together.htm">Keeping 
 the contents of a section together</a></p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>
<a HREF="Insert_sections.htm">Inserting additional sections 
 into documents</a></p></li>
</ul>
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